Omphalocele and cephalocele

Muktachand Rokade, MD.

India

Case report

The following images show a case of omphalocele (with herniated bowel and liver) combined with cephalocele diagnosed at 14 weeks of a pregnancy.

Images 1, 2: 14 weeks of pregnancy; the images show transverse scans of the fetal abdomen and omphalocele.

 

Images 3, 4: 14 weeks of pregnancy; 3D scans. The image 3 shows the fetus holding the mass of the omphalocele in front its belly. The image 4 shows dorsal view at the fetus with a mass of encephalocele protruding out of the fetal skull.